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KARACHI - Results of the citizens' complaints poll are in: the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has bagged the Most Incompetent Award for its performance over three years, with 16,931 lodged with the Sindh Chief Minister's (CM) Complaint Cell against the power utility.
The Pakistan Telecommunications Limited (PTCL) stood second, with 14,869 complaints lodged against the company. The results were compiled from 53,588 complaints, with the poll having started on April 25, 2008

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LAHORE - Danyal Ahsan and Akbar-ur-Rehman cracked centuries to steer KESC to a solid start on the opening day of the three-day Patron's Trophy Grade-II- 2010-2011 match against KPT here at the LCCA ground on Monday.
KESC were at 428 for seven in 83 overs at the close of play. Ahsan Ali contributed 80 runs, while Adeel Malik with six wickets was the pick of bowlers. Meanwhile at the Railways Stadium, Mohammad Ahmed scored 120 runs to take Railways total to 395 all out against PEB,

KARACHI - Crying out loud for scarcity of funds to even purchase fuel for running power plants, the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) is bearing additional expenses by hiring private security guards and drivers, while completely disregarding its own staff employees.
Well-placed sources in the power utility told Pakistan Today that despite the two departments of transport and security being completely outsourced, the company is also paying its recently-reinstated lower-staff

KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) police arrested two impostors and brought them before a judicial magistrate who sent them to jail until March 30.
Muhammad Ali alias Manan and his accomplice Ishtiaq had reportedly been selling illegal electricity connections in Orangi Town by pretending to be KESC employees. The KESC police arrested the impostors on Wednesday while they were tampering with the meter of a customer who was working in collaboration with KESC's

KARACHI - Despite the recent reinstatement of over 4,000 employees, the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has outsourced various departments to private companies and turning the restored workers practically redundant. Fearing that grounds are being prepared to lay them off, more than 1,000 KESC workers returned to the Karachi Press Club (KPC) to protest against the company's management, with many arguing that another round management-workers face-off is likely in the coming

KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has begun subjecting the industrial sector to four hours of power breakdowns from Friday, on the premise of shortage of gas and subsequent low supply of electricity. The measure comes soon after citizens began witnessing a three to four hours increase in scheduled loadshedding in various areas.
Despite the closure of many markets, government and private offices, and educational institutions due to the strike in the city,

KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), while appreciating the conservation of electricity due to the early closure of marriage halls, has demanded similar measures to be enforced at all parks and grounds in the city. In a statement issued on Thursday, the KESC noted that the closure of marriage halls by midnight has resulted in approximately 50 megawatts of electricity saved on a daily basis. The conserved electricity, according to the KESC, can be utilized at more

KARACHI - Power plants of 3,000MW are running on furnace oil in Pakistan, and if measures are taken to convert them to coal, the country would be in a position to save approximately $1 billion a year, said Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) Strategic Planning and Business Development Manager Muhammad Ammar Ali Talaat on Saturday. He was speaking at an Energy Awareness Conference, with the KESC as the lead sponsor, at the NED University.
The conference was aimed at creating

KARACHI - While the citizens of Karachi are braving the unabated power outages, the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has changed the schedule of load shedding by increasing the duration of outages.
Soon after the change of the schedule, many areas of the city have started facing the more hours of power breakdowns. Residents in various parts of Gulistan-e-Jauhar - including Mosamiat, Safoora Goth, Pehalwan Goth and Jauhar Chowrangi - reported bearing long hours of long load

KARACHI - In a blatant violation of the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Act, 1976 (PECA 1976), four "non-engineer" officials in the Karachi Electric Supply Company are heading many of its departments. According to sources, four directors of the KESC - Zulfiqar Haider Ali, Arshad Zahidi, Nayar Hussain and Tayyab Tareen - are not engineers.
They are serving as the Special Projects head, the Generation and Transmission chief strategic officer, the Distribution chief strategic

KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) increased its revenue collection by 25 percent through 'various methods' during a six-month period ended December 31, 2010.
Insiders told Pakistan Today that over billing, average billing and longer duration of load-shedding are the key factors behind the drastic increase in collections during the six months as the power utility adopted several methods to control losses at the expense of its over two million consumers.